Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook - Second Edition

Key Features

• Get to grips with all the new Visual Studio 2015 features regardless of your preferred programming language
• Apply Visual Studio to all areas of development: writing, debugging, and application lifecycle maintenance
• Straightforward and hands-on advice for building both Windows and Android apps

Book Description

Visual Studio 2015 is the premier tool for developers targeting the Microsoft platform. Learning how to effectively use this technology can enhance your productivity while simplifying your most common tasks, allowing you more time to focus on your project. Visual Studio 2015 is packed with improvements that increase productivity, and this book walks you through each one in succession to help you smooth your workflow and get more accomplished. From customization and the interface to code snippets and debugging, the Visual Studio upgrade expands your options ― and this book is your fast-track guide to getting on board quickly.

Visual Studio 2015 Cookbook will introduce you to all the new areas of Visual Studio and how they can quickly be put to use to improve your everyday development tasks. With this book, you will learn not only what VS2015 offers, but what it takes to put it to work for your projects.

What you will learn

• Customize the editor's new abilities to fit your development style
• Create apps for Windows
• Use Visual Studio to debug parallel and concurrent programs
• Integrate .NET Framework 4.6 effectively
• Put TypeScript to work in your web applications
• Develop modern C++11 with Visual Studio 2015
• Protect and manage your source code with Team Foundation Server

About the Author

Jeff Martin has been a contributing writer for InfoQ (http://www.infoq.com) for over four years, focusing on .NET and Microsoft-based platforms. Experienced in writing, testing, and designing software, he enjoys learning about new technologies and explaining them to a broader audience. You can follow his work at InfoQ as .NET lead editor.

Table of Contents

1. Exploring Visual Studio 2015
2. Getting Started with Universal Windows Platform Apps
3. Web Development
4. .NET Framework Development
5. Debugging Your .NET Application
6. Asynchrony in .NET
7. Unwrapping C++ Development
8. Working with Team Foundation Server 2015
9. Languages
10. Final Polish